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ir Letters to the Editor ir To the E ditor: I ’ve been a resident of North C herryville Road for 28 years I live at the bottom of the h ill where the stop sign has been placed. I can also say the sign was always on the end of H illcrest Road before. I went out and talked to the men when they were placing it there and told them it did not belong there and they said they’d had orders to put it there Just last week when it was icy a big truck was coming down the h ill, he was coming slow braking all the way, but he kept sliding and could not stop at the sign. I ’ve seen other strange cars come flying off the h ill not stopping at the sign. There are more cars going up and down this h ill than ever uses Hillcrest Road so I cannot figure where they got their statistics. W a lte r C. Taylor, Lao Irw in , Co ■ Publisher« Thomas C. Taylor, Editor Entered at the Poet Office at Sandy, Clackamas County, Oregon, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of March, 1879. Member of Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and National Editorial Association ^«WNahod every Thursday by Outlook Publishing C o , P.O. Bos M , Sandy, Oregon 97055 S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S Annual Subscription in Clackamas and Multnomah Counties Elsewhere in Oregon $3 50 MOO In United States » Servicemen and Women >4-50 >3.50 SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1972 The C ig a rette Tax Election We confess to having mixed sen timents about next Tuesday’s vote on the cigarette tax. In the first place we are convinced that the state needs the money. And since we’re a non-smoker, what better way to get it! But then a second thought bothers us. What about the precedent being established? This time, legislators have chosen to soak that portion of the public which smokes cigarettes. What about next time? It m ight be candy bars or cashew nuts; almost anything would be fa ir game. However one might rationalize, the cigarette tax is a selective sales tax. Arguments >f both proponents and opponents leave something to be desired. The alleged regressive features of the tax, for instance, bother us not one bit. No one has to smoke and those who do, do so as a m a tte r of free choice. T h e y’d probably be much better off if they didn’t. Finally, it should be noted that even if the tax is approved by the voters, our total cigarette tax (9 cents w ill be less than Washington (16 cents); Montana and New Mexico (12 cents) and California, Nevada and Arizona (10 cents). Some A dvice on a C a re e r Occasionally, we’re asked to speak at high school career days. Students, of course, are interested in what career they should follow and usually ask some pretty fa ir questions. We advise those with the academic qualifications to go on to college, to “ get a good education.’’ A couple of experiences lately make us wonder, at least as far as the monetary rewards are concerned. A carpenter now gets $300 a week; a painter who came to our house recently gets $10 an hour which, for a 40-hour week, figures out to $400 per week. You won’t get those kind of salaries with a college degree. It used to be that a college degree was the passport to financial success and security; now i t ’s a union card. People who work with their hands are much more honored by our society, at least monetarily, than those who work with their minds. Drugs blamed for fall "Are You Ready For My Impersonation Of Abe Lincoln ?” Troutdale annexation Tax re,ief okayed by big margin seminars Annexation of a sizable tract to the City of Troutdale was approved in a special election Tuesday. The count was 44-26. Only persons livin g in the area involved were eligible to vote. Basically, the annexation w ill extend T routdale’s boundaries along the east side of the Sandy riv e r to the old Kienow estate, and along Jackson Park read T on the west side. Ï© Residents of the Jackson Park area were largely op posed to the annexation and brought about the special election. Some 480 acres were involved in the o rig in a l a nnexation proposal but this was cut in half by the Portland Metropolitan Boundary Commission. scheduled M t. Hood C o m m u n ity College, along with the other co m m u n ity colleges in the state, w ill offer seminars on the Homeowners’ Tax Relief law which took effect Jan. 1. Dave Spooner, who heads the program at Mt. Hood, said there probably would be six «.§everal hundred people w ill seminars between Feb. 1 aiffl he. added to T ro u td a le ’s A p ril 15. He w ill announce the pppulation by the annexation. exac_tr dates and times next week. C o m m u n ity college p e r sonnel have attended workshops conducted by the KJC? M A ’ T S T P E « E '6 A iW A V A S O ^ t O J E UJMO r r uuOULC m A P P E ki S A report that a youth had fa lle n fro m the top of Lautourell Falls proved to be something of a wild goose chase Tuesday for sheriff’s deputies and members of the Corbett Fire Dept. Two youths, both fro m Portland, apparently had been experimenting with drugs and one took a minor fall. The other youth panicked and went back to the road whei e he told a road department crew his partner was “ badly hurt or dead.” A search crew was organized and the second youth located on the tra il. He was not seriously hurt. Both w ere taken to the County Hospital where they were treated. COW POKES There's a grade school bus that picks up children all along Hillcrest road then goes up and picks up children on North C herryville Road. If that bus evpr got hit when it could not stop at that sign, there would be two communities of children injured or killed. The B ib le teaches the stubborness of men, we sure see it in this w orld today, and that stop sign is really stub borness on the part of someone. E ffie A Ballou One thing you can know in advance: | When you come to Sandy Rexall Drug you w ill receive sat isfaction as well as friendly service. S&H Green Stamp« Clackamas County Bank Money Orders Pay Station for P.G.E. West Coast Telephone Northwest Naturai Gas SANDY Ph. 66«-4111 Í1L( 210 R»OCTOB A V I-S A N D Y ,O « BOON »70S J By Ace Reid Drug meeting set here Doerksen on trade It is hoped that a large crowd w ill tu r nout for the next Drug Information discussion set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The programs are being sponsored by the Sandy Woodland Jaycees and the Sandy Grade School PTA and they are being held in the Sandy Grade old gym. In the first of a three part series held last Tuesday a small crowd attended the conference. According to a spokesman for the groups, the idea behind this three part series is to help inform the residents of the area on drugs. on pot, and ruin your life because you might not be able to get o ff i t ” , commented Tracy. Her brother T erry decided that “ pot makes you see things differently, and act d iffe re n tly” . Evan felt the ta lk "helped (me) un derstand the harm ful effects of drugs - if you start, you m ight get hooked” and summed up the attitude of those in a t tendance when asked if he would want to try p o t: “ no w a y !” These were the reactions of some of the children present, at the P.T.A.-Javcee Minta«.»« mission to Far East Several Oregon machinery Ben Doerksen of Grestutm w ill one of the 30-member manufacturers also w ill be Oregon Trade Mission headed seeking new markets. Products by Gov. Tom McCall who Will o ffe re d w ill in clu d e food travel to six countries of the processing machinery and car F ar East Jan. 28 - Feb. 18. washing equipment. The tra d e m issio n is A ttra c tin g in ve stm e n t in scheduled to visit Hong Kong, Oregon facilities by overseas Jan. 31 - Feb. 3; Kuala Lum pur, firm s also w ill be a mission Feb 4-5; Singapore, Feb. 67; o b je c tiv e . John F u lto n , Taipei, Feb. 8-10; Seoul, Feb. econom ic developm ent ad 11-13; and, Tokyo, Feb. 14-18. m in is tra to r, w ill co o rd in a te Main thrust of the mission this sales effort, which w ill be w ill be expanding markets for supported by representatives of Oregon agricultural products banks, utilities, the P ort of and opening up new m arkets in P o rtla n d , the cham bers of the countries of the western commerce and shipping and P acific Rim, the governor said. transportation interests. Irv in Mann, state director of Luncheons and receptions for agriculture, and Jay G latt, a p p ro p ria te gove rn m en t o f a gricultural trade development ficials and prospective buyers specialist, w ill coordinate the are planned in each country. sales e ffo rt fo r th e fa rm But the main business of the m arketing team which w ill mission, the governor said, w ill include grower and processor be carried out in individual representatives for many of the m eetings between Oregon state’s leading commodities. sellers and overseas buyers. The lis t of products offered A two-man advance team. w ill include m int, onions, hops, wheat, grass and legume seeds, Stanley Sparks, international fresh and processed fruits, trade manager for economic potatoes, peas, beans and developm ent d iv is io n , and frozen fru its and vegetables. ( L lo y d P o rte r, in te rn a tio n a l trade specialist, U S. D epart ment of Commerce, left Friday to make final arrangements in each city. College enrollment CA PTA IN CHARLES Thomas (rig ht) from Cla.kam as County Sheriff's Department shows some of the materials he used in the drug information meeting held Tuesday. In this first program, a representative from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Department presented a film and talk concerning drugs. This program was d ire c te d to w a rd s the com m on drug marijuana The second program set for Jan. 18 w ill feature a discussion of the medical problems associated with drugs Guest speakers are planned who are authorities in this area. According to Lloyd Christensen, Jaycee chairman of the programs, it is hoped that a form er drug addict w ill be available for one of the programs to talk with persons attending the meeting The th ird program in the senes w ill be directed towards the open forum style with a panel available to answer questions from the public. “ These programs are free and meant to be inform ational for those attending.'*, stated Christensen “ The movie showed how you can get high The next meeting is this Tuesday at 7:30 p m. at the Sandy Grade School. Lloyd Christensen, Jaycee chairman of the programs, listens to Capt. Thomas. ( Post photo) drug program Tuesday night. The movie was about m arijuana, and was narrated by Sonny Bono (of Sonny and Cher, for the inform ation of the unhip). It showed, in living color, how teenagers get started on pot, how it may affect them physically, and how their distorted mental condition can lead to actions which en danger not only themselves but others After the movie on m arijuana. Captain Charles Thomas, from the Narcotics Division of the Clackamas County Sheriffs’ Office, spoke on his experience in dealing with m arijuana He had samples of seed, plants, cut and uncut “ grass” , lids and joints mounted on plaques He also burned a small amount of pot to demonstrate the unique odor Since someone in his position has access to many sources of inform ation, Captain Thomas' talk was both fascinating and startling. increases W inter term enrollm ent at Mt. Hood Community College has a lre a d y exceeded enrollment figures from the 1971 w inter quarter. Some 7,443 fu ll and part time students had registered for MHCC classes as of noon, Jan. 10. Late registration is still in progress and several hundred more students are expected to enroll. The 7.443 head count is already 60 more students than enrolled w inter term last year A pproxim ately 60 per cent of those enrolled are fu ll tim e students—a total of 4.479 This is nearly 1.000 more full tim e students than last w inter's total of 3,493 W inter enrollment is down in co m p a riso n w ith fa ll te rm s ta tis tic s . The 1971 fa ll enrollment saw a total head count of 9,608 and a full-tim e enrollment of 5.168 t ooo Auto excise tax collections have jumped from $66 m illion in 1927 to about $1.8 billion today. state Department of Revenue and w ill, in turn, pass along the inform ation to local citizens who a tte n d fre e se m in a r sessions on property tax relief. Chamber to hear Bladine "I'm c ->na run that steer by now and fer gosh sakes rope am cause we might not find another clear spot like this fer miles." Your time and temperature bank. No matter how cold it is outside-A warm welcome awaits you inside P h ilip Bladine, M cM innville publisher, w ill talk to the Greater Gresham Chamber of Commerce Monday, Jan. 17, at noon in the Garden Village Restaurant. Bladine w ill talk on “ fighting the ecology n u ts .” He is president of the Western En vironment Trade Association; also past president of Oregon N ew spaper P u b lis h e r s A ssociation an A ssociated Oregon Industries. we are your financial trouble shooters. CO UNTY B A N K ? * IN D E P E N D E N T SANDY OREGON 668 4141 HOOD LAND BRANCH WEMME 622-ÌL31 M em ber fe d eral Deposit Insurance Corporation
